Jimmy Akingbola andIan McKellen

World Premiere

WinnerM.E.N. Theatre Awards:Best Visiting ProductionBest Actor in a Visiting Production

Photo: Robert Workman

Paul (Ian McKellen) is an ordinary man with a shocking secret. At home, he is a loving husband and father. At work, he administers the cut. In a society sickened by his profession, Paul struggles with his conscience and longs to tell the truth.

"McKellen is often riveting as the troubled Government operative, switching from urbanity to anger, and from the mundane to the lachrymose, in the blink of an eye."-- Charles Spencer, The Telegraph

"McKellen spends 99% of the play’s 90 minutes on stage, expressing Paul’s inward and outward turmoil, and proving why he is so highly regarded as a stage performer."-- Matthew Amer, London Theatre Guide